# riba
## English
### Etymology

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

### Noun

riba (uncountable)
* (Islam, finance) interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

### Anagrams

* Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, abir, abri, bari, rabi

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈri.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈri.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈri.ba]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

#### Noun

riba f (plural ribes)
* coast, shore
    Synonyms: vora, costa
* edge
    Synonym: marge

##### Derived terms

* ribatge
* ribera

##### Related terms

* arribar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).

#### Noun

riba f (plural ribes)
* currant, gooseberry
    Synonym: grosella

##### Synonyms

* (gooseberry): agrassó

##### Derived terms

* riber

### References

* “riba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “riba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Fula
### Noun

riba ka
* (Adamawa) benefit, profit

### References

* Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎ (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriβa̝/

### Noun

riba f (plural ribas)
* (dated, geography) bank
* (dated, geography) shore

#### Derived terms

* Riba
* Ribada
* ribada
* Ribas
* ribazo
* ribeira
* Ribeira
* ribeirao
* Ribeiro
* Ribeiroa
* Ribela
* Sorribas
* Surriba
* Surribas

### Adverb

riba
* up

#### Derived terms

* aínda por riba
* por riba
* por riba de

#### Related terms

* arriba

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “riba”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “riba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “riba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Hausa
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rì.bá/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [rɪ̀.bə́]

#### Noun

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)
* bank interest, usury

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ríː.bàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ríː.bàː]

#### Noun

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)
* profit
* benefit, gain, advantage

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈriba/ [ˈri.ba]
* Rhymes: -iba
* Syllabification: ri‧ba

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay riba (“lap”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

#### Verb

riba
* (obsolete) to lap: to hold as in one's lap; to rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.

##### Derived terms

* diriba
* meriba
* ribaan

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay riba (“ursury”), from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

#### Noun

riba (plural riba-riba)
* (Islam) interest, usury.
    Synonyms: bunga, renten

### Further reading

* “riba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

riba
* Rōmaji transcription of リバ

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”). The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'.
A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing; square, plaza”)

### Pronunciation

* (ribà) IPA: [rʲɪˈbɐ]
* (rìba) IPA: [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

### Noun

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4
* boundary (dividing line or location between two areas)
    šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border
* limit
* narrow clearing in a forest
* beaten path separating two meadows

#### Synonyms

* (boundary): ežia, siena

#### Derived terms

(Adjectives)
* beribis
* ribotas

#### See also

* (limit): galas, pabaiga

### References

* ↑ “ribėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
* ↑ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “ráibas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch‎, volumes I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
* ↑ “riba” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
* 1 2 “riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
* 1 2 “riba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /riba/
* Rhymes: -iba, -ba, -a

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

#### Noun

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)
* (anatomy) lap
    Synonym: pangku

##### Derived terms

* komputer riba
* ribaan

##### See also

* kaki
* siku
* tangan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

#### Noun

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)
* (Islam) interest, usury
    Synonym: bunga

##### See also

* duit
* hutang
* wang

### Descendants

* Indonesian: riba

### Further reading

* “riba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*riba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɪˈbɑː/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ba

### Noun

riba f
* interest (the price of credit)

#### Declension
## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈriβo]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

riba f (plural ribas)
* shore, bank

#### Related terms

* ribièra

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish arriba.

### Preposition

riba
* upon
* above
* on

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin ripa.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈhi.bɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈhi.bɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈχi.bɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.ba/ [ˈhi.ba]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈʁi.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: ri‧ba

### Noun

riba f (plural ribas)
* high, steep bank
    Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

### Adverb

riba
* above
    Synonyms: acima, arriba

#### Derived terms

* ribança, ribanceira
* ribeiro, ribeirão, ribeirinho

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rîba/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ba

### Noun

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба, diminutive rȉbica, relational adjective rȉbljī)
* fish (animal)
    grabežljiva riba ― predator fish
* (slang) girl, chick
** 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list‎:Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “riba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rìːba/

### Noun

ríba f
* fish

#### Related terms

* ribji

### Further reading

* “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīpa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriba/ [ˈri.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -iba
* Syllabification: ri‧ba

### Noun

riba f (plural ribas)
* (obsolete, often found in compound for names of towns) shore; shoreline

#### Derived terms

* Ribadavia
* Ribadesella
* Ribagorza

### Further reading

* “riba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

riba class IX (plural riba class X)
* interest
* greed, avarice; usury

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا (riban) or Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾì.bá/

### Noun

rìbá
* (law) bribery, kickback
    Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ

#### Derived terms

* ẹgbẹ́ agbóguntirìbá (“anti-corruption organization”)